Factor structure of the Tonic Immobility Scale in female sexual assault survivors: An exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 265-283

  Fusé, Tiffany ^a   Forsyth, John P ^a   Marx, Brian ^b   Gallup, Gordon G ^a   Weaver, Scott ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eape; PTSD; Rape paralysis; Sexual assault; Tonic immobility; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEAR; FEMALE; FREEZING; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; TONIC IMMOBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMOBILITY RESPONSE, TONIC; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE TONUS; PANIC DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAPE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33947161540     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2006.05.004     Document Type: Article

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